GUNNISON COUNTY, Colo. —
The Texas Attorney General has issued a letter to the Gunnison County Department of Health and Human Services saying the fifth amended Public Health Order unlawfully discriminates against nonresident homeowners.
The letter, dated today, April 9, was released just a few hours ago.
> The video above aired Monday and discusses the Gunnison County public health order that was amended to prohibit all non-residents from remaining in the county for the duration of the order.
In it, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says, “While I applaud several measures Gunnison County has taken to ensure the health and safety of its citizens, the banishment of nonresident Texas homeowners is entirely unconstitutional and unacceptable.”
The letter goes on to say, “To unlawfully prevent Texas from inhabiting or enjoying property that they own, regardless of its location within the U.S., is a blatant violation of our Constitution.”
Paxton argues that the Privileges and Immunities Clause of the U.S. Constitution guarantees that a citizen of one state will be “treated as a welcome visitor rather than an unfriendly alien when temporarily present in another State.”
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